John Selby was educated at Haileybury, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and Christ's College, Cambridge. He is a military historian and Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. His previous books include The Second World War, Stories of Famous Sieges, The Recollections of Sergeant Morris (editor), The Paper Dragon, The Boer War, The Thin Red Line and a biography of Stonewall Jackson.
Michael Roffe is a talented painter of military subjects who has illustrated many books for Osprey over the years. His artistic talents span a variety of historical periods; he has illustrated titles relating to the Boer War, the English Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars and the American War for Independence.